[CQ-Contest] QST...A radical thought?

[Greg Richard]

Are No-Code Techs called Silent Keys when they pass on?

Greg K4NO


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From: <K3BU at aol.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QST...A radical thought?


> In a message dated 12/4/2004 6:39:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Cqtestk4xs at aol.com writes:
> >>I was also informed again that contesters are not a
> signicant focus for the ARRL and that the focus of the boys in Newington
is
> the
> guys who are the no-code techs, and the boys who frequent two meters.
They
> are
> the majority of the ham population.  The DXers and contesters are a  small
> minority of the entire ham population<<
>
> Pardon me, but this is stupidest reasoning by ARRL.
> You look at the purchasing power and not the number of handhelds.
> One IC7800 =  50 handhelds/shacks on the belt
> One contester = 6 x IC7800 (plus extra junk) = 300 SOTB  (plus extra
rubber
> duck)
> No brainer, except by ARRL.
> I just made my last QSO in ARRL 160 test
> Looking forward to all CQ contests, I might even go RTTY and VHF.
>
> 73 and oh well!!!
>
> Yuri, K3BU.us
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